Coronavirus – Africa | A Preliminary Directory to Research Resources

Selected Resources on the Coronavirus in
the World, in Africa and among
the African Diaspora.

[Under Construction: An evolving reference weblog with links to
data sources, reports, discussions, and selected news stories.]

By way of introduction and an overview:

Access to Data Sources:

• Africa CDC
  • Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) – Africa CDC
  • Disease Outbreaks – Briefs

 

• WHO – World Health Organization – COVID-19 in the WHO African Region

 

• US – CDC
  • CDC – Global Health – Where We Work – Africa
  • Novel Coronavirus Reports | MMWR | CDC
  • Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) | MMWR
  • Communication Resources

 

• COVID-19 South African coronavirus news and information
  • Press Releases and Notices
  • In The Media

 

• South Africa – (Daily Maverick) – Coronavirus Dashboard

 

• Coronavirus Government Response Tracker | Blavatnik School of Government

 

• GAVI – The Vaccine Aliance

 

• CEPI | New Vaccines For A Safer World
  

 

 

Discussions & further resource platforms:

• Coronavirus (Covid-19)— New England Journal of Medecine (NEJM)
• Boston University Library – Africa & Major Disease Outbreaks – Research at Boston University
  • allAfrica – Coronavirus
  • Africa-NewsRoom.com
  • WHO – Regional Office for Africa
• Harvard University
  • COVID-19 Resources | Harvard University Center for African Studies (CAS)
    • COVID-19 – Center for African Studies & Africa-CDC – Webinars
  • COVID-19 News and Resources | Coronavirus | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
  • Center for International Development | Harvard Kennedy School | CID COVID-19 Response & Resource Page
• Coronavirus Pandemic/COVID-19 – YouTube sources
• Map Directory of Rhodes Scholars Working on Aspects of the Coronavirus Pandemic

 

Some News Sources:

• BBC – News – Coronavirus

 

• South Africa – Daily Maverick – COVID-19
  • Daily Maverick – Coronavirus Special Edition
  • Coronavirus Dashboard.

 

• COVID-19 » SPH | Boston University [access to news headlines]

 

• The African diasporan experiences of Novel Coronavirus COVID-19 [access to news headlines]

as well as selected individual stories:

• Nelson Mandela Bay on the brink of full-blown hospital bed crisis
• WHO warns covid 19 infections are accelerating in Africa
• Pandemic accelerating in Africa, test kits needed, WHO…
  
• Lives or Livelihoods | The Yale Review [Zimbabwe]
• “Frightening Moment”: On Earth Day, Kumi Naidoo on Africa’s Twin Pandemics of Coronavirus & Hunger
• WHO reports most coronavirus cases in a day, sees steep rise in poor countries
• WHO slams ‘racist’ calls for Africa to be vaccine testing ground
• World Bank estimates 60 million people could fall into extreme poverty
• Covering Coronavirus: United States of Conspiracy | FRONTLINE | PBS | Official Site
• The World After Coronavirus: The Future of Neoliberalism | Noam Chomsky
• The Social Impact of COVID-19
  etc…

Coronavirus Coverage by Major English News Media & Mapping Services

• BBC Coronavirus Pandemic
• The Guardian – Coronavirus outbreak
• Coronavirus | NBC News
• MSNBC – Coronavirus (COVID-19)
• The Coronavirus Outbreak
• The Washington Poste – Coronavirus

Indexes, Maps & Graphic Charts:

• COVID-19 Africa – Bing
  • COVID-19 Tracker – Bing
  • Images of COVID-19 Africa – bing.com/images
• COVID-19 pandemic – Wikipedia
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Africa – Wikipedia
• Coronavirus in Africa tracker – BBC News
• Our World in Data
• Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Maps, Solutions & Resources – ESRI
  • Discuss the New Coronavirus Response Solution
  • COVID-19 Resources
• Situational Awareness in Africa – Cédric Moro

For further discussion of these and other sources see: